Juvenile Justice Advisory Board (JJAB) Chair Alan Kirk presents Nicole Fellers with a gift backet filled with donated items. JJAB would like to thank its very special donors from this year’s Health Fair. First, thanks much to Phil Gursky and the Heart Council for the excellent job they do in putting on the fair every year. JJAB also thanks them for their donation of bike helmets to the JJAB school distribution program. In addition, JJAB thanks the generous donors for a gift basket that was raffled off during the Fair: CB FOX, Pig and Fig, RubyK’s and Smiths. They donated gift cards and merchandise Read More
Healthcare
Udall And Other Senators Demand Full Transparency On EPA’s Plans For Children’s Health Office
U.S. SENATE News:WASHINGTON, D.C. ― U.S. Senators Tom Udall (D-N.M.), Jack Reed (D-R.I.), Jeff Merkley (D-Ore.), Dick Durbin (D-Ill.) and Patty Murray (D-Wash.) wrote to Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Acting Administrator Andrew Wheeler expressing their strong concern over the future of the EPA’s Office of Children’s Health Protection (OCHP) and the EPA’s mission to safeguard the health of America’s youth in light of recent reports.
The letter follows EPA’s unexplained placement of the OCHP Director, Dr. Ruth Etzel, on administrative leave and widespread stakeholder
Read More Lee Bussolini Retires From Los Alamos Medical Center
Longtime Los Alamos Medical Center Nurse Lee Bussolini, left, is retiring from the hospital. Bussolini posed at her retirement Thursday in the LAMC lobby with her good friend and fellow emergency room nurse Dianne Vandiver. Bussolini has a long history with the hospital. Her father Dr. Oakes, was a surgeon there starting in 1947. She began her own service at the hospital as a candy striper during high school and returned to the hospital as a nurse after receiving her degree. Bussolini also served as school nurse in Los Alamos before returning to work at LAMC. Vandiver said everyone in the emergencySanta Fe Walk To End Alzheimers Oct. 20
Alzheimer’s Association News:ALBUQUERQUE ― The Alzheimer’s Association, New Mexico Chapter is pleased to announce that the Northeastern New Mexico Regional Walk to End Alzheimer’s is at 9:30 a.m., Saturday, Oct. 20, at the Santa Fe Plaza.
The Walk to End Alzheimer’s is the world’s largest event for raising awareness and funds for Alzheimer’s care, support and research. All citizens and media in Santa Fe and surrounding communities are invited to participate in this colorful and touching event.
To register, or for information call 800.272.3900 or log onto https:////act.alz.org/SFwalk18
Read More Meet New Chief Nursing Officer At LAMC
Chief Nursing Officer Sharon Radcliffe
By CAROL A. CLARK
Los Alamos Daily Post
caclark@ladailypost.com
Los Alamos Medical Center has hired a new Chief Nursing Officer (CNO).
CNO Sharon Radcliffe replaces Lisa Wallace who moved to another hospital owned by parent company LifePoint.
She describes the small-town atmosphere at LAMC as being one of the best aspects about working there.
“It allows me to get to know everyone personally … I came here from a hospital with more than 2,300 employees and it was hard to know more than a handful,” she said. “Here you can really get to know people and I Read More
A Season Of Results … Local Advocate Walks Final Cancer Fundraising Event
Nancy Partridge, left, and Martha Lauer Cowley complete the Susan G. Komen 3-day cancer walk. Courtesy photo
By NANCY PARTRIDGE
Los Alamos
Saturday, Oct. 6, is the final breast cancer fundraising event of the season for me. I’ll be walking five miles in the American Cancer Society Making Strides Against Breast Cancer event at Villa Linda Park in Santa Fe.
This is the first time I have participated in the Making Strides Against Breast Cancer event. I wasn’t even aware of the event until the Avon Foundation sent out a notification that they had discontinued their 39-mile fundraising walks and had Read More
Nambe Drug Donates $1 For Each Flu Shot To Charity
Tom, Frances and Callen Lovett at their family business, Nambe Drug in Los Alamos. They also own a store in Santa Fe. Photo by Bonnie J. Gordon/ladailypost.com
It won’t hurt a bit! Tom Lovett administers a flu shot. Photo by Bonnie J. Gordon/ladailypost.comBy BONNIE J. GORDON
Los Alamos Daily Post
bjgordon@ladailypost.com
The Lovett family opened Nambe Drug 3.5 years ago in Central Park Square, off Central Avenue in Los Alamos. They opened a branch six months later at 501 Old Pecos Trail in Santa Fe.
“Since Los Alamos and Santa Fe have been so good to us, we wanted to give back Read More
Los Alamos Council On Cancer Lecture Features Oncologist Dr. Tim Lopez Oct. 15
Dr. Tim Lopez
COMMUNITY News:
Los Alamos’s new oncologist Dr. Tim Lopez will be the featured speaker Monday, Oct. 15 at the annual Los Alamos Council on Cancer lecture.
Dr. Lopez will discuss “New Directions in Cancer Diagnosis and Treatments: Precision Medicine” at the First Baptist Church.
The lecture is designed to cover material the general public will understand, while at the same time going into sufficient depth to provide continuing education for nurses and allied professionals.
The evening begins with a light dinner, served 5:15-6 p.m., and the lecture begins at 6 p.m. followed by Read More
Cold War Patriots Celebrates 10th Annual Official National Day Of RemembranceTM
CWP News:
DENVER, Colo. – Cold War Patriots (CWP), a community resource organization that is the nation’s strongest and most sustained voice advocating for nuclear weapons and uranium worker benefits, will commemorate the 10th Annual Official Cold War Patriots National Day of Remembrance™ in October with events across the country
Each year, the U.S. Senate passes a bipartisan resolution that designates Oct. 30 as a day to honor the contributions and sacrifices of the more than one million Americans who worked with uranium or in the nation’s nuclear weapons complex from its origins Read More
Elder Abuse Report Released By New Mexico State Advisory Committee Of U.S. Commission On Civil Rights
NNMC News:
The U.S. Commission on Civil Rights is proud to announce the release of a report on elder abuse by our New Mexico state Advisory Committee.
The Committee identified five dynamics in the state that increase the risk of abuse for elders:
• Widespread poverty and lack of affordable services available to elders and caregivers;
• Underreporting suspicion of abuse by caretakers, providers, and elders themselves;
• Structural weaknesses in the healthcare system that allow abuse to go undetected;
• Lack of enforcement of existing laws and regulations designed to protect Read More